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A search for cosmogenic neutrinos with the Askaryan Radio Array

Davies, JP; (2014) A search for cosmogenic neutrinos with the Askaryan Radio Array. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London). Green open access

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Abstract

The Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) is a new experimental effort to develop an array of sub-detectors capable of measuring ultra-high energy neutrino-induced radio pulses in the Antarctic ice sheet. Each sub-detector is able to function as a stand alone neutrino detector, the first of which was installed during the 2011 austral summer. In the following two years a further 3 sub-detectors were installed with updated design and functionality, with more planned over the next few years. This thesis describes an analysis of the data collected by the first ARA station and presents the results of a search for ultra-high energy neutrinos. No statistically significant evidence for neutrino-induced signals is observed, with no candidate neutrino events. A limit is placed on the flux of ultra-high energy neutrinos and extrapolated to the full 37 station ARA detector operated over a 5 year period.

Type: Thesis (Doctoral)
Title: A search for cosmogenic neutrinos with the Askaryan Radio Array
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Language: English
Keywords: Particle Physics
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1455163
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